Ulysses High

Ulysses High is a public high school located in Ulysses, Kansas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 445 students. The school is part of the Ulysses School District, which is ranked 253 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ulysses High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kansas high schools, with a ranking between 234 and 315 out of 332 schools in the state over the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state averages, and its performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.21% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 38.73%. Ulysses High also has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 19.5% to 22.3% in the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

The only nearby school in the same district is the Ulysses Community Learning Center (UCLC), a virtual high school with a lower enrollment of 83 students and slightly better performance in some areas, such as a higher 10th-grade ELA proficiency rate of 13.33% compared to Ulysses High's 32% in 2024-2025. However, UCLC is still underperforming compared to the state averages, and the high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds at Ulysses High may contribute to the challenges the school faces in improving student outcomes.